101) BRITISH POMOLOGY, ETC. 



One of the most valuable culinary apples, and not unworthy of 

 the dessert ; it is in use from January to May, and is an excellent 

 keeper. 



This variety originated at Hambledon, a village in Hampshire, where 

 there are several trees of a great age now in existence. 



165. HAN WELL SOURING.— Hot t. 



Identification. — Hort. Trans, vol. iv. p. 219. Ilort. Soc. Cat. ed. 3, n. 319. 



Lind. Guide, 71. 

 Figure. — Ron. Pyr. Mai. pi. xxx. f. 4. 



Fruit, above medium size, three inches wide, and two inches and three 

 quarters high ; roundish-ovate, angular, or somewhat five-sided, and nar- 

 rowing towards the eye. Skin, greenish-yellow, sprinkled with large rus- 

 sety dots, which are largest about the base ; and with a faint blush of 

 red next the sun. Eye, closed, set in a deep, narrow, and angular basin, 

 which is lined with russet. Stalk, very short, inserted in an even funnel- 

 shaped cavity, from which issue ramifications of russet. Flesh, white, 

 firm, crisp, with a brisk and poignant acid flavor. 



An excellent culinary apple of first-rate quality ; in use in December 

 and keeps till March, when it possesses more acidity than any other 

 variety which keeps to so late a period. 



It is said to have been raised at Hanwell, a place near Banbury, in 

 Oxfordshire. 



1613. HARGREAVE'S GREEN-SWEET.— H. 



Fruit, medium sized, two inches and three quarters wide, and two 

 inches and a half high ; oblato-cylindrical, angular on the sides, with 

 prominent ridges round the eye. Skin, yellow, tinged with green, on 

 the shaded side ; but deeper yellow tinged with green, and marked 

 with a few faint streaks of red next the sun, and strewed all over with 

 small russety dots. Eye, half open, with linear segments, placed in a deep 

 and angular basin, which is surrounded with ridges formed by the termi- 

 nation of the costal angles. Stalk, three quarters of an inch long, slen- 

 der, and inserted in a deep, round cavity, which is lined with rough 

 russet. Flesh, yellowish, tender, juicy, sweet, and perfumed. 



A good dessert apple but lacks acidity ; it is in use during September 

 and October. 



About Lancaster this is a well-known apple. The original tree, which 

 is of great age, is still standing in the nursery of John Hargreave and 

 Sons, hence it is called Hargreave's Green-Sweet. 



167. HARVEY APPLE.— Park. 



Identification — Park. Par. 587. Aust. Orch. .54. Worl. Vin. 159. Rail Hist. ii. 

 1448. Switz. Fr. Card. 138. Lind. Guide, 72. 



Synonyme. — Doctor Harvey, Hoit. Sue. Cat. cd. 3, n. 208. 



Fruit, large, three inches wide, and about the same high ; ovate, iand 



